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Of course you're entitled to hold whatever opinion you wish. But what you can't (sensibly) do is make statements like "Amazon charged $9.99 for all new ebooks" when those of us who've been buying from them for 15-odd years can simply look at our order history and see that this was not true.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinions: no one is entitled to their own facts.
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I'm just going to point out two things about Amazon:
1. Amazon is under no obligation whatsoever to discount e-books. The company can sell a title at, below, or even above the publisher's suggested price should they wish. This holds true for all retailers. 2. Amazon sells far more than just e-books. Discussion of the company's financial situation tends to ignore that fact. |
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Yay! Amazon are a huge multinational corporation who treat their workers like crap, who dodge tax to the tune of billions and who use their ill-gotten gains to stamp out competition and who never give to charity. Yay, Amazon! THEY NEED YOUR LOVE!
But seriously. Why the heck does anybody waste the ink and breath to defend this beast? It should be shot. People are weird. |
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I, for one, am not defending Amazon. They don't need defending--and I don't even currently purchase from them (ePub phase). But that doesn't mean I can't point out the falsehoods and the bullshit arguments of those who waste ink and breath (who the heck knows why) trying to convince the world that Amazon is drowning little baby kittens and otherwise plotting the demise of literature and civilization.
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The fact that Amazon doesn't sell epubs (yet) seems to indicate that Amazon is not trying to kill off the competition.
It seems to me that if Amazon did sell epubs that they would get quite a lot of business from the epub crowd and possibly hit the competition really hard. Sure they might have to pay 22 cents a copy to ADE, but I doubt that would hurt too much. Any business would be happy to have an exclusive market, but the negative publicity from being seen to drive your competition out of business, not to mention legal repercussions make it a risky proposition. Amazon seems to have a very good business model, which anyone with enough drive and ambition could probably emulate. It's not magic. In some ways Amazon seems to encourage growth in other businesses and individuals by allowing them to use the Amazon marketplace, making their products much more accessible. Amazon bashing may give the envious and credulous something to rant on about, but I doubt anyone at Amazon is listening or quaking in their boots. I know I wouldn't. Helen |
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Jeff Bezos donated $15 million to establish the Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Just-retired Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman said, "The Princeton Neuroscience Institute is grappling with some of the most fascinating questions in the scientific world today, and the Bezos Center will significantly advance our understanding of how the brain works." I have been particularly interested in the Princeton neuroscience research in which my granddaughter is involved as a Ph.D candidate. Much good will come from the Bezos Center. |
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A lot of tech companies donate massive amounts of money *quietly* through the individual execs, without holding press conferences or shooting fireworks.
Most american corporations also channel their charitable giving through established NGOs like the United Way, Red Cross, etc. It beats relying on politicians to dun their business and use the funds to buy votes. |
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And noisy donations draw attention to the cause the donation is made to. I admire any wealthy entity or person who donates money to a worthwhile cause even if self-serving on some level. Be interesting if Bezos donates his brain to the BezosCentre Would we construe it as putting your brain where your mouth is or massive egotism. Helen |
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